Delawarekathy
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I am 5 weeks post surgery for TKR. I knew I'd experience some pain and expected a few weeks of recovery. However I was not prepared for the excruciating pain starting the moment anesthesia wore off on my surgery day. I spent 3 days in the hospital followed by 5 days in a rehab facility enduring extreme pain with only minimal relief taking opioids.
The pain is now tolerable but recovery is still slow. I completed in-home P.T. and started out patient P.T. last week. I spend my days performing leg exercises throughout the day and elevating and icing my leg sitting on the sofa. I can now walk around the house without a walker, but the furthest I'm able to walk outside the house with the walker is down the driveway and back again. Whenever I ask nurses, physical therapists or others WHY my is my recovery slower than other people, I get the same answer "Everyone heals at a different pace." Why did I have such extreme pain, and other people go through the same surgery with minimal pain?
I wanted to have both knees done together, but now can't imagine how awful that would have been. I have so much PTSD from this knee replacement, I may never get the other one done.
The pain is now tolerable but recovery is still slow. I completed in-home P.T. and started out patient P.T. last week. I spend my days performing leg exercises throughout the day and elevating and icing my leg sitting on the sofa. I can now walk around the house without a walker, but the furthest I'm able to walk outside the house with the walker is down the driveway and back again. Whenever I ask nurses, physical therapists or others WHY my is my recovery slower than other people, I get the same answer "Everyone heals at a different pace." Why did I have such extreme pain, and other people go through the same surgery with minimal pain?
I wanted to have both knees done together, but now can't imagine how awful that would have been. I have so much PTSD from this knee replacement, I may never get the other one done.